UPDATE: Women of Color and Labor (11/27/06; MELUS, 3/22/07-3/25/07)

full name / name of organization:

Dodge, Georgina

contact email:

Dodge.20@osu.edu

Call for Proposals: Extended Deadline

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The MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of theUnited States) WOCC (Women of Color Caucus) invites proposals for apanel at the MELUS 21st Annual Conference, from March 22-25, 2007,hosted by California State University, Fresno. This session engages withthe overall conference theme of "Work, Migration, and Globalization:Contested Journeys in Multi-Ethnic U.S. Literature."

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WOCC Panel: "'Laboring under these conditions': Women Writers of Coloron Work, Class and Creativity"-Women of color have long written aboutthe various conditions under which their characters have labored, withoutcomes ranging from exploitation and alienation to self-realizationand potential. How do considerations of work and/or class enable us toanalyze, understand, or appreciate creativity, whether literary orother? What connections exist between women's labor, in all senses ofthe word, and creativity? Explorations of these and other questions arewelcome.

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Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted to Trina Philipsat phillips.564_at_osu.edu by November 27, 2006. Questions about thesession or the WOCC should be directed to Georgina Dodge atdodge.20_at_osu.edu.=20